WESTON - Hmong singer Maa Vue signed her first record contract five years ago with California-based Yellow Diamond Records.

Now she's running the company.

Yellow Diamond Records announced Monday that Vue of Weston has been named president.

"Since Maa joined us in 2013 as an artist, she has also contributed her professionalism on organization, communication and leadership towards the company," Tre Xiong, the chief executive officer of the company, said in a press release. "Maa's talent and her passion helped build this foundation (and) has really impressed me and I could not be more pleased about her appointment."

Yellow Diamond Records currently has seven artists signed to its label, all young Hmong people, four men and three women. The company's mission in part is to promote emerging artists of various genres, release music, organize tours and preserve the Hmong language through music.

For Vue, the promotion is a dream come true. The 28-year-old singer/songwriter has been performing for audiences since she was a young teen in middle school while growing up in Green Bay. But she also was ambitious, yearning to become more involved in the business and organization of the music company.

She and Xiong mapped out a plan for her to become a bigger part of Yellow Diamond Records, Vue said, "but I didn't expect this to happen so soon."

Vue has released two albums and is currently working on a third.

As president, Vue also will be responsible for the small recording company's marketing, financial reports, coordinating events and mentoring artists.

Her main goal, Vue said, is to grow the label's stable of performers to 20 or more.

"I want to make an impressive Hmong music industry," she said. "I see the bigger picture. And I know what it would take to get us there."

She first garnered notice as a singer by blending Hmong lyrics with western-style ballads and pop tunes. She posted songs and performances on YouTube, which led to the recording contract.

Now her YouTube channel has 41,215 subscribers, and her videos get watched millions of times. One video, "Rov Pom Koj Dua (See You Again)", a duet with another Yellow Diamond singer, David Yang, has been watched more than 6 million times.